UK Zoo Wants to Save 22-Year-Old Yupi the 'Mexican' Polar Bear BBC News | |
go to original October 29, 2013 |
Animal rights activists stepped up their campaign last year to urge authorities to move a polar bear in Mexico to another country with a more appropriate environment for an animal from the Arctic. (AlJazeera)
A wildlife park in South Yorkshire wants to rescue a polar bear from a zoo in Mexico. Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, has offered to rehome Yupi in a newly constructed 10 acre reserve but needs to raise $240,000 to do it.
A park spokesperson said Yupi was currently kept in a concrete enclosure in high temperatures, with "little shade and little stimulation". She would be the first polar bear brought to the UK for 20 years.
The new home for Yupi would be like her natural Arctic habitat, with hills, valleys and a main lake with streams, pools and waterfalls. Arctic-style grass, herbs, shrubs and heathers would be used to make it more like home.
The park, which is more than 5,500 miles (8,900 km) away from Mexico, is waiting for an official response to its offer to rehome Yupi.
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